February 7, 2010
first, thanks for all of the nice comments on dad and mom’s gifts. they were fun knits and i’m rather pleased to finally have them done and gifted.
here are the last few samples for the shows.
a blue skinny subtle stripe hat/mitt set, all squeezed out of one skein. i love this one!
and a pixie hood in my hand dyed lamb’s pride bulky – spring pixie
this weeks agenda is printing patterns/pattern pics, labeling, and sign making. you’ll probably get less content and more pics of progress. and then the show!
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February 2, 2010
with a niddy noddy instead of a stapler :)
all the yarns are matched and skeined. now for button band yarns. and then scrappy hat kits. and the figuring out how to package things. and labels. and…
oh yeah! the baby beau pattern…
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January 31, 2010
wow! the response to my request was amazing. you all are amazing.
if you’d like to be included in my pool of test knitters, please let me know and i’ll add your email to the test knitting list. you can drop me a note at cosymakes@gmail.com.
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January 31, 2010
EDIT: okay! i have my testers. thanks to everyone who volunteered. i never expected so many eager folks. thank you all so much and i’ll spread the test knitting love around with each pattern. funny that i never thought to ask you all before.
hi blog readers,
i was wondering if any of you would like to test knit this hat? unfortunately, i can only pay in patterns and showing off your version on the blog. here are the specs:
Yarn: x(145) yd [x(133)m] worsted weight wool
Needles: Size 7 US [4.5 mm] 16 in. [40.6 cm] circular and a set of dpns in the same size, or whatever size needles you need to get gauge
Gauge: 5 sts and 7 rows/in. [2.5 cm]
Sizes: S(M/L), 21(22-23) in. [53(56-58.5 cm] head
i would love to have someone do the larger size and someone do the smaller size. it’s a bit of a complicated pattern – writing wise, not knitting wise. so i’m mostly looking for clarity of instructions and double checking of the charts. i do require that it be knit out of wool. this one was recycled sweater cashmere, but i did another out of ella rae plain wool (similar to cascade 220). email me at cosymakes@gmail.com if interested. oh! and yardage for the smaller size would be great ;)
p.s. I’m also going to have a lace seaman’s scarf that will need test knitting soon.
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January 26, 2010
this is the original version of the gender neutral sweater that i knit along with the baby belle and planned to publish simultaneously. oops :)
and this is the one picture that i got of it that kind of works. the colors still aren’t quite right, but after as many photos as i took, i’ll take it!
i already knit a sample sweater to double check the pattern, so expect both sweater and pattern to be coming up soon! and kits… there will be kits.
p.s. huge props to jamie for the name. i played with blue belle, boy belle… but baby beau is perfect!
p.p.s. after baby eggplant, baby belle and baby beau, i don’t think i’ll be naming any more sweaters with baby in the title. geesh.
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